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Until a few years after 9/11, the Director of the CIA was also the Director of Central Intelligence, which meant he was leader of the entire US Intelligence Community. How did this work out in practice during the Cold War, as the Pentagon in particular became a huge player in US intelligence?	2
What evidence, if any, is there that FBI informants within the Nation of Islam via the COINTELPRO program might have been involved in the assassination of Malcolm X?	2
In the immediate wake of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, was there a lot of fear in the South that Andrew Johnson and Radical Republicans would take revenge e.g. in the form of extremely harsh Reconstruction?	2
When and why did the "Whig history" fall out of favor? Was its decline gradual or more sudden?	2
On average, how aware of the political events of the era would a working class individual within the UK and its colonial possessions (including the American colonies) have been during the first half of the 18th century?	2
When did the idea of “Christendom” gain traction, and how was evidence against such Christian unity like the East-West Schism or (much later) the Reformation treated by promoters of “Christendom?”	2
What do we know about the Taruma kingdom and its long-term influence on Java?	2
Today, Yemen is the poorest Arab country and many Yemenis live and work in other countries. Yet the country has a very long and rich history. What are the root historical factors in Yemen‘s contemporary plight?	2
When and why did Pan-Islamism - meaning here, the concept of “Muslim” as a political identity that is necessarily global - first develop?	2
I’ve heard the term “court historian” used to describe such figures as Arthur Schlesinger Jr. re: his association with the Kennedy family. But what were the origins of “court history”, and in what ways are such collections valuable to contemporary scholars?	2

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